Venezuelan Regime Change
The US recognizes Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela. [Link]
Juan Guaido declares himself interim president of Venezuela. [Link]
Venezuelan president Maduro cuts diplomatic ties with the US and gives US diplomats 72 hours to leave Venezuela. [Link]
The US rejects Maduro’s cutting of diplomatic ties. [Link]
Amazon
A group of Amazon stockholders push the company not to sell facial recognition technology to police. [Link]
Amazon spent over $14 million on lobbying in 2018. [Link]
Russiagate
Ray McGovern on the lack of Russiagate evidence. [Link]
Glenn Greenwald gives the top ten biggest Russiagate lies. [Link]
Lee Camp explains how the Senate Russiagate report fails to show Russia interfered in the 2016 election. [Link]
US Foreign Policy
Moon of Alabama summarizes the new revelations by Seymour Hersh about Iran Contra. [Link]
Philip Giraldi breaks down the alliance between the Neocons and Progressives. [Link]
Maj Danny Sjursen argues Trump should force Congress to vote on war issues. [Link]
US News
The FDA threatens to pull e-cigarettes off the market. [Link]
The US continues to hold an American citizen – who works for Iranian state media – without charges.
She has been released after being held without charges for ten days. [Link]
James Bovard explains how Trump’s Attorney General nominee helped the FBI get away with crimes at Ruby Ridge. [Link]
Texas is now the world’s fourth largest oil producer. [Link]